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Lord George the third King of Great Britain and so forth before
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William Burridge
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Whaits,
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William Terry
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aforesaid who being
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now here duly chosen sworn and charged to inquire for our said Lord the King when
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how and in what manner the said
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came to his death say upon their
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oath that the said
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then lately before accidentally casually and by misfortune
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there situate and in and with the waters of the said River
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was then and there suffocated and drowned of which said suffocation and drowning the
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did then and there die-And so the Jurors aforesaid upon their
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oath aforesaid do say that the said
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in manner and by the means aforesaid
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accidentally casually and by misfortune came to his death and not otherwise. In Witness
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whereof as well the said Coroner as the said William Whaits the foreman of the said
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Jurors on behalf of himself and the rest of his fellows in their presence have to this
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Inquisition set their hands and seals the day year and place first above written.
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